Assembly Bill A3693

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to transferring credits from a CUNY community college to a New York state university

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A3693 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6303, add §208-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6178
2023-2024: A5240

2025-A3693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows CUNY community college students to transfer all earned credits to a New York state university.

2025-A3693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3693
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to transferring credits
   from a CUNY community college to a New York state university
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  6303 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COMMUNITY COLLEGE CURRICULA SHALL  BE
 DESIGNED  TO  ENABLE  STUDENTS  THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER CREDITS FOR SUCH
 CURRICULA TO A STATE UNIVERSITY.  SUCH  TRANSFERABLE  CREDITS  SHALL  BE
 ACCEPTED  BY A STATE UNIVERSITY OR ACCEPTED AS AN EQUIVALENT CREDIT TO A
 COURSE PROVIDED BY SUCH UNIVERSITY.
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  208-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  208-B.  CITY  UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COMMUNITY COLLEGE CREDENTIALS;
 TRANSFERS. THE STATE UNIVERSITY SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY  UNIVER-
 SITY  OF  NEW  YORK  TRUSTEES TO ENSURE STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER
 CURRICULA CREDITS FROM A CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK  COMMUNITY  COLLEGE
 TO A STATE UNIVERSITY.  SUCH TRANSFERABLE CREDITS SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY A
 STATE  UNIVERSITY  OR  ACCEPTED  AS  AN  EQUIVALENT  CREDIT  TO A COURSE
 PROVIDED BY SUCH UNIVERSITY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04919-01-5

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